It is made from nongmal (which is starch made from potatoes, sweet potatoes or soaked mung beans), pine pollen (songhwa), Ostericum grosseserratum (singamchae), black sesame, honey, flour from rice or other grains, nuts and/or herbs.[1][2][3]

Dasik is kneaded and pressed with dasikpan (다식판), decorative stamps for making patterns on dasik.[4] Depending on their ingredients, dasik come in different colours such as white, yellow, black, green, brown or reddish.